He Returned the Opening Kickoff for a Touchdown. She Lost Her Car

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During week 10 of the 1998 NFL season, the Washington Redskins played the Arizona Cardinals, and a local radio station ran one of the craziest promotions ever- if Washington could run back the opening kickoff of the game for a touchdown, which they hadn't done in 31 years, one fan would win a brand new car. What happened next... no one saw coming
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@OfficialJaguarGator9

At one point in the video, I accidentally say that teams didn't like deferring back in 1998 on kickoffs. Meant to say that they could not defer, as there was no option to defer back then. Doesn't change anything about the story, but just thought I'd make a note of that. Apologies for the error!

@shifty1927

And now Brian Mitchell is a sports radio host here in the DC area. Wonder if he'll ever run a similar promotion.😂

@levikatriel

A very similar thing happened in the CFL. A radio did a promotion where if a team returned TWO kickoffs for touchdowns in a game, someone previously chosen would win $1 Million. Amazingly, they did return two kickoffs for touchdowns, but the second one was called back due to one of the worst holding calls ever

@chrisguardiano6143

This is very similar to what happened in the Premier League 3 years later between MG Cars & Aston Villa where MG would give a fan a brand new ZS (the top of the line four door that cost 40,000 pounds) if one of their goalies could score a goal in a match. For some context, a goalie scoring in soccer (and in hockey) is one of the rarest things to happen & prior to 2001 it had never been done before in the Premier League. Heck it had never even been done in the over 100+ year history of English soccer at the time. However during Aston Villa's match vs Everton, it actually happened when legendary goalie Peter Schmeichel scored a volley off of a last minute corner to score in a 3-2 defeat. Unlike what happened in the video, this goal stood which meant MG had to hold up their end of their deal which they gave to a 75 year old lifelong Aston Villa supporter who then gave the car to his 18 year old grandson as a first car. Since this goal happened, goalies scoring in the Premier League has happened 5 more times with USMNT legends Tim Howard & Brad Friedel being added to this list. As for MG, they got bought by a Chinese car company in 2005 due to the serious financial problems of the MG Rover Group & are an absolute shell of what they were back in the 1960's when the MGB (the brands most famous car) was a pop culture icon especially in the UK.

@floydian022

Giving away a car on a Redskins Football radio promotion on WJFK 100% sounds like some Don & Mike shit lol 😂

@shifty1927

Brian Mitchell is 2nd in total yards in NFL history. Behind only Jerry Rice. He deserves the HOF.

@davidfiddleman2312

Wow! I watched the end of this game but didn’t see this play.

@brettpatterson404

There’s a grocery store in Canada (Save on Foods). That gives away a million dollars if two kickoffs are returned for a TD in a CFL game. A few years ago the opening kickoff was returned and later in the game a second was returned but seconds after the player crossed the goal line a flag was thrown an a phantom holding penalty.

@marcusmcgraw3519

What a stupid penalty. This is one of the worst ways to cost your team and it’s no wonder they cut him the next day. Scapegoated my ass. He scapegoated himself to pretend he was important

@RySenkari

I'd say Alexander should've stepped up and bought her the car, but after getting cut I doubt he could afford it XD

@bmasters1981

Just happened to think, also, that maybe Dawn wouldn't have had the car anyway, because nothing is really free (on TPIR and WOF, as well as any and all game shows, you had to pay beaucoup taxes on all winnings, both to your home state and to Washington, so depending on taxes, this thing that cost her that car may actually have been a blessing finance-wise).

@bmasters1981

If I were that kickoff returner, and thought I had a touchdown, only to discover this absurdity, I would for sure have had a word of prayer with that Alexander joker who cost me that achievement.

@lonewolfjedi493osswfan

Brian Mitchell was arguably one of the best kickoff returners in the NFL, he was so dangerous, kickers would kick away from him

@jackmessick2869

The very first regular season game of the Miami Dolphins in 1966, and thus the first official play in Dolphins history, kick returner Joe Auer ran back for a touchdown. But they lost the game to the Raiders, 23-14.

@CTubeMan

This unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will remind everyone you made a video about a 1996 game between these same teams and how Washington lost the game because of two late penalties.

@mireyajones810

OMG. That is the WORST action ever. He must have been paid by the radio station.

@SuperMutant2099

For those who don’t know cardinals were in St. Louis until 87. Chicago before that. So being in the east when there wasn’t as many divisions then isn’t as bad. Say Atlanta falcons being in nfc west from the start of it. Team that was east coast team its whole history. Only was in one east conference division for one season. NFL was weird.

@samborgensjr6456

How did I not know this??? Where do you get this info from?

@Rockhound6165

Not to nitpick but 1998 was not the first time the Cards were in the playoff hunt in Arizona. In their first season there in 1988, after week 11, they were 7-4 and in first place. They then did the Cardinal thing and lost their last 5 games to finish 7-9 in what would be Neil Lomax's final season. Incidentally, the Deadskins lost this game because of a bad snap on a punt that ended up being a safety. And this was also the season of the Cardiac Cards 2.0 as they won 6 games on last minute field goals including the game that sent them into the playoffs, a 16-13 win on a 52 yard Chris Jacke FG as time expired.

@DolFan316

Before watching, I actually thought the station had somehow reneged on the deal, or it somehow turned into the woman losing the car she already had. So when I found out she simply didn't win because of a blatant penalty I was like oh, that's not so bad 🤣